Van Guard News

For Peugeot, 2008 marks the completion of its strategy to completely update and increase its range of light commercial vehicles. It has taken just two years for all the models in the Peugeot light commercial range to be replaced.

We’re temporarily holed up in Barnes, south-west London, while we wait to move back into our regular digs. It’s a bit of a luvvie hangout, as I discovered when I caught Jennifer Saunders eagerly eyeing up the parking spot I was about to abandon near our flat. She was aggressively chewing gum as she eyed up the spot, all the while beaming that visual barbed wire that celebrities use to keep the likes of us at bay.

Renault has launched a wave of new models along with extended warranties on both its Trafic and Master ranges. First up is the Kangoo Extra, available with either a 1.6 petrol 75hp engine for £8,550 or a 1.5dCi 70hp engine for £10,600. It comes with air-con, body-coloured bumpers and door mirrors as well as an uprated CD player. Payload is 625kg.

Citroen will launch the advanced all new Berlingo in mid 2008. Along with the forthcoming introduction of its new smaller stablemate, the Nemo, 2008 promises to be another great year of development and innovation for Citroen commercial vehicle operations.

Ready to take the challenge to its rivals from the beginning of the year, Renault is launching two new Kangoo Van and Trafic versions to further broaden its already comprehensive range.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles achieved its eighth consecutive year of increased sales in the UK in 2007. In addition, with total registrations of 27,777 commercial vehicles, Volkswagen’s market share grew to over eight per cent for the first time plus it maintained its position as number one van importer.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is starting 2008 with market-leading contract hire and finance lease offers for all models in the Transporter van range registered from January until the end of March.

This article was taken from whatvan.co.uk

Mercedes and Peugeot are poised to become the first two LCV manufacturers to publish CO2 and mpg data across their van ranges.

The figures will be based on unladen LCVs using the passenger car test cycle, which has become the common testing standard for vans too.